Economic assessment of fusion and fusion-driven subcritical systems based on internalization of external costs and benefits

Fusion Engineering and Design

Volumn 82, Issue 15-24, 2007, Pages 2879-2884

  Zhang, S ^a   Huang, D ^a   Hu, L ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PLASMA PHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Economic assessment; External cost; Fusion; Internalization; Subcritical

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FUSION REACTIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TAXATION;

COST BENEFIT MODELS; EXTERNAL COSTS; FUSION DRIVEN SUBCRITICAL SYSTEM (FDS); FUSION ENERGY SYSTEMS;

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS;

EID: 34948846565     PISSN: 09203796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fusengdes.2007.03.030     Document Type: Article

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